About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible:

About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible: I was uncertain of how to accomplish this, mindful of Revelation 22:18-19, which says that nobody is to add to, or to take away from what was written in the Bible. After lots of prayerful contemplation, the Lord had it on my heart that I’m not to change the meaning of what is written in the Bible. He has also shown ways to add to people’s understating of that meaning, without altering the meaning, by putting that info within [brackets]. This is primarily accomplished with the KJV Bible and lots of prayers, but at times, BibleGateway.com, Biblehub.com, NIV Bible, Webster Dictionary, and other internet resources, as needed. Debra Seiling

About Understanding the Bible:

Understanding the Bible: After reading Isaiah 28:10 many times over the years and not totally understanding it, it recently became apparent to me that the Lord God has this passage as the means for understanding the Bible. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little. Isaiah 28:10 KJV. Being prayerful about this passage, and looking up 'precept' in the Webster's Dictionary, it gave this passage a whole new meaning, once 'commandment' is substituted for 'precept'. Within brackets are additional words the Lord had on my heart to aid in understanding the meaning. For commandment must be [built up] upon commandment; commandment upon commandment; line upon line, line upon line; [developing understanding] here a little, and there a little.

The Table Format:

The Table Format: I was overwhelmed with how to explain the process for determining if someone had leprosy in Leviticus 13, which seemed very complicated. After praying, "Lord, if this is difficult for me to understand after reading it many times, how can this be explained to others?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was for me to put it into a vertical chart to visually see the process. This made it much easier for me to follow the progression. After doing so, I prayed, "Lord, how can this be conveyed to readers, so that they can understand this process?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was to put it within the lines of a table. Being a stiff-necked, stubborn person, as it's often called in the Bible, I prayed, asking the Lord God if He's sure that's really what He wanted me to do? I reluctantly put Leviticus 13 into a table format. When I read this difficult leprosy process within a table format, it suddenly became easier for me to understand. That's because it builds line upon line, as explained in the Understanding the Bible section. Shortly after that, the Lord God had it on my heart, to put all of The Books of the Bible in Smaller Chunks within a table format, to aid in understanding, line upon line.

Sarah Dies & Abraham Buys a Burial Plot

 

Sarah Dies & Abraham Buys a Burial Plot

Genesis  23:1-20                The First Book of Moses Called Genesis

Sarah was 127 years old & these were the years of her life. She died in Kirjath Arba which is Hebron in the land of Canaan & Abraham came to mourn & weep for [Sarah.]

Abraham stood & before his dead [wife] & spoke to the sons of Heth,  saying, I am a stranger & a  [foreigner] with you: Give me a possession for a [burial] place with you, [so] I may bury my dead out of my sight, since I am a stranger. The sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying, Hear us, my lord: you are a mighty prince among us & you may have the [best] of our [burial tombs] to bury your dead. 

Abraham stood up & bowed to the people of the land & even to the children of Heth. [Abraham talked] with them, saying, If [it's agreeable] that I should bury my dead out of my sight, Hear me & [request] for me to Ephron, [Zoar's] son, That he [might] give me the cave of Machpelah, he has, which is at the end of his field  for as much money as it is worth, [so] he shall give it [to] me for a possession  [for a burial] place among you. Ephron [lived] among the children of Helth. Ephron, the Hittied, answered Abraham in the [presence] of the children of Heth & all [who] went in at the gate of his city. 

[Ephron said, No,] my lord. I [will] give you the field & the cave [that's there.] I give it to you in the presence of the sons of my people to bury your dead. And Abraham bowed down before the people of the land. He [spoke] to Ephron [in front of] the people of the land, saying, But if your are willing to give it, I pray that you hear me:&  I will pay money [to] you for the field. Take it [from] me & I will bury my dead there. Ephron answered Abraham, saying, My lord, [listen] to me, the land is worth 400 shekels of silver, [but] what is that between me and you? Therefore, bury your dead. 

And Abraham [listened] & weighed out to Ephrom, 400 shekels of silver, current money with the merchant [& paid for] the cave & all the trees in the field, which were in all the borders [around] Machpelah, before Mamre which is Hebron in Canaan. And the field & the cave [there were deeded] to Abrahm by the sons of Heth, [as a burial place.]